Steinway Agraffes

[Ron Nossaman]

>      The question I still have is, Why do they make them so much smaller, 
> the
>originals are usually right around .217" and fit quite nicely.  I don't know
>of any other supposedly high quality threaded pieces that are so far off the
>stated spec.
>Regards,
>
>Ed Foote RPT

If the makers had some competition, I suspect the tolerances would improve. 
It would be interesting seeing how they make these in a production setting, 
and how often tolerances are checked and adjustments made.

Ron N